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March 12th, 2011, 11:52 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: quantmehQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnOne advantage of Cobol with punch cards is you could do other things when waiting for a job to finish.such a staged photo.They're working on the moon landing.
 
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March 13th, 2011, 3:30 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: Traden4AlphaQuoteOriginally posted by: quantmehQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnOne advantage of Cobol with punch cards is you could do other things when waiting for a job to finish.such a staged photo.They're working on the moon landing. ah... exactly, this looks like a hollywood studio. they're in editing room!
 
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March 15th, 2011, 7:50 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: DevonFangs a t-shirt for Cuch
 
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March 15th, 2011, 10:43 pm

 
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March 15th, 2011, 10:46 pm

Use the FORTRAN, Luke!
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March 16th, 2011, 5:29 pm

Ah, the good old 1990s... the last decade when FORTRAN was still competitive against the pre-standard C++ (C with classes) ;-)
 
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March 16th, 2011, 5:36 pm

C++ is very versatile.
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March 16th, 2011, 6:46 pm

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March 16th, 2011, 8:39 pm

how many are there?
 
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March 17th, 2011, 6:54 am

PLI = (FORTRAN + COBOL) all in 1
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June 25th, 2012, 4:38 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: DevonFangshow many are there?Busy days?
 
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June 25th, 2012, 4:50 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: DevonFangshow many are there?Busy days?Sadly very busy. I like the way you revive old threads.
 
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June 25th, 2012, 4:59 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: DevonFangsQuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: DevonFangshow many are there?Busy days?Sadly very busy. I like the way you revive old threads.Why reinvent the wheel?